Senate Bills sb1 (BR427)/aa j. Bowen, R. Stivers II, C. McDaniel, D. Thayer an act relating to retirement

AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics.

Amend KRS 156.070 to require the state board or the agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to allow a member school's team to play against students or a team from non-member, at-home private schools and establish the conditions under which this may occur.

HB290 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1 - Retain original provisions except require a non-member, at-home private school coach to comply with the requirements of KHSAA coaches; allow non-member, at-home private school teams or students to participate in any sports permitted, offered, or sponsored by KHSAA.

Jan 31, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 02, 2018 - to Education (H); posted in committee

Feb 06, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute

Feb 07, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Feb 08, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 9, 2018

Feb 09, 2018 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; 3rd reading, passed 76-8 with Committee Substitute

Feb 12, 2018 - received in Senate

Feb 16, 2018 - to Education (S)

Mar 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

Mar 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 20, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Mar 21, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 36-1

Mar 22, 2018 - received in House; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

HB291 (BR1320)/LM - DJ Johnson, W. Thomas, J. Richards

AN ACT relating to the National Guard.

Amend KRS 38.238, 38.460, and 61.394 to clarify that employment protections apply to any member of the National Guard.

Jan 31, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 02, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)

Feb 08, 2018 - posted in committee

Feb 14, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

Feb 15, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 16, 2018

Feb 16, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 84-0

Feb 20, 2018 - received in Senate

Feb 21, 2018 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

Mar 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

Mar 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 20, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018

Mar 22, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

Mar 27, 2018 - enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 154.28-050 to add gender-specific pronoun.

Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 05, 2018 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

Mar 13, 2018 - posted in committee

AN ACT relating to asbestos bankruptcy trust claims and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "asbestos action," "asbestos trust," "trust claims materials," and "trust governance documents"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to require a plaintiff filing an asbestos action to provide certain information and documents within 30 days of filing the action, and to supplement the information within 30 days of filing any additional asbestos trust claims; allow a court to extend trial date if plaintiff fails to comply; establish presumption of relevance of trust materials and documents; prohibit plaintiff from claiming privilege or confidentiality to bar discovery; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a defendant that has at least 60 days before trial, identified additional asbestos claims, to move the court for an order requiring that the plaintiff file those claims; require that the plaintiff file a response within 10 days of defendant's motion; allow the court to order the plaintiff to file additional claims; establish sufficiency standard for asbestos trust claim; establish a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff will receive additional compensation from the asbestos trust; allow the court to take judicial notice of specific amounts and to establish an attributed value of the trust claim; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a court to reopen a judgment if an additional claim is determined to have existed at the time of the filed asbestos action and the defendant motions the court to do so within one year of the original judgment; EMERGENCY.

HB293 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1 - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "asbestos action," "asbestos trust," "trust claims materials," and "trust governance documents"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to require a plaintiff filing an asbestos action to provide parties with a sworn statement; make available to all parties certain claims information; establish plaintiff's failure to provide claim information as grounds for extending trial date; require the court to stay the action for plaintiff's failure to provide information in sworn statement; provide for sanctions against the plaintiff for failure; establish discretionary stay in action until plaintiff files trust claims; establish admissibility of trust claims material; and prohibit claim of privilege for certain trust materials; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a defendant to identify trust claims not filed by plaintiff; allow a defendant to request a court to require the plaintiff to claim potential claims; provide for the plaintiff's response to defendants motion to require claim filing; require a stay of asbestos action if court determines sufficient basis for trust claims to be filed by plaintiff; require court enter into record trust claims documents; establish admissibility of asbestos trust claims; establish that sufficiency of evidence to support jury finding products covered by a trust may be a substantial factor in plaintiff's injury; provide defendant the right to setoff or credit from certain asbestos trust claim damages; authorize Sections 1 to 3 to be cited to as the "Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act"; EMERGENCY.

Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 05, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (H); posted in committee

Feb 07, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute

Feb 08, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Feb 09, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2018

Mar 15, 2018 - taken from the Orders of the Day; recommitted to Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to human trafficking.

Amend KRS 439.3401 to include as violent offenders individuals convicted of human trafficking and promoting human trafficking; specify that individuals convicted of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking shall not be released on probation or parole until 85 percent of the sentence has been served.

Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 05, 2018 - to Judiciary (H)

Feb 20, 2018 - posted in committee

AN ACT relating to pay lakes.

Amend KRS 150.660 to set out Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources pay lake regulatory authority; require pay lakes to be licensed by the department; specify pay lake license revocation procedures; amend KRS 150.990 to delete pay lake fine reference.

Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 05, 2018 - to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)

HB296 (BR1193) - L. Bechler

AN ACT relating to the licensure of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning professionals.

Amend KRS 198B.656 to delete reference to apprentice HVAC mechanic; amend KRS 198B.658 to delete the requirement for the department to issue an apprentice HVAC certificate; amend KRS 198B.674 to remove the reference to apprentice HVAC mechanics; amend KRS 198B.676 to eliminate examination fees for apprentice HVAC mechanics; amend KRS 198B.702 to delete reference to apprentice HVAC mechanics.

Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 05, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)

Feb 23, 2018 - posted in committee

AN ACT relating to state employee pay equity.

Amend KRS 7.100 to require the Legislative Research Commission to transmit pay equity information on its employees to the Secretary of Personnel by August 1 of each year; amend KRS 18A.030 to require the Secretary of Personnel to compile pay equity information on executive branch employees by August 1 of each year, to compile a report on gender pay equity for the legislative and executive branches of state government by December 1 of each year, and to transmit the report to the Legislative Research Commission.

Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 05, 2018 - to State Government (H)

HB298 (BR1229) - T. Moore

AN ACT relating to public finance.

Amend KRS 42.500 to define "boycott of Israel" and "company;" require that the State Investment Commission not invest in companies participating in a boycott of Israel; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to define "boycott of Israel" and "company"; prohibit the Secretary of Finance and Administration from contracting with companies boycotting Israel but exempt contracts under $100,000 over the life of the contract; companies that have a contract with the state that boycott Israel shall be banned from state contracts for a two year period; amend KRS 61.510 to define "boycott of Israel," "company," "direct holdings," and "indirect holdings"; amend KRS 61.650 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to prepare an annual report of public investments and to not invest in companies boycotting Israel.

Feb 01, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 05, 2018 - to State Government (H)

HB299 (BR490) - S. Santoro

AN ACT relating to railroad crossings.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 178 to set forth the procedures for the closure of public railroad grade crossings; provide for an appeals process; amend KRS 177.120 setting forth when the Department of Highways may consider a railroad crossing as a candidate for closure; set forth criteria for the Department of Highways to apply to railroad crossing decisions.

Feb 02, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 06, 2018 - to Transportation (H)

Mar 02, 2018 - posted in committee

AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.

Amend KRS 11A.010, relating to executive branch ethics, to expand and update the definitions of "officer" and "public servant."

HB300 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1 - Retain original provisions; clarify that employment arrangements referenced in the definitions of "officer" and "public servant" are those made with an agency; remove employees of any entity to which the Governor appoints a majority of the members of its governing body from the definition of "public servant".

Feb 02, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 06, 2018 - to State Government (H)

Feb 13, 2018 - posted in committee

Feb 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Feb 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Feb 20, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Feb 21, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 85-9 with Committee Substitute

Feb 22, 2018 - received in Senate

Feb 23, 2018 - to State & Local Government (S)

HB301 (BR1416) - D. Elliott

AN ACT relating to criminal history record checks.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to allow the Department for Community Based Services to request a criminal justice agency to perform a federal name-based criminal history record check of each adult residing in a home that a child is placed during an emergency placement; allow the Department for Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to charge a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.

Feb 02, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 06, 2018 - to Health and Family Services (H)

HB302 (BR503) - D. Bentley

AN ACT relating to reorganization.

Amend KRS 12.020 and 12.252 to create the Professional Licensing Legal Division within the Public Protection Cabinet; create the Office of Administrative Hearings within the Public Protection Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2017-325.

HB302 - AMENDMENTS

SCS1 - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 171.420 to rename the State Archives and Records Commission the State Libraries, Archives, and Records Commission; revise the membership of the commission; designate the commission as the state advisory council on libraries; expand the duties of the commission to include advising the Department for Libraries and Archives on matters relating to library funding, standards, development, and service issues; amend KRS 61.810 to include selection committees established under KRS Chapters 45A and 56 as exceptions to the open meeting requirements until the award of the contract or cancellation of the procurement; amend 61.870 to exclude electronic communications received using a private electronic device form the definition of public record; amend KRS 61.878 to include information identifying members of selection committees and records of the procurement processes established under KRS Chapters 45A and 56 as exceptions to the open record requirements; amend KRS 56.8169 to clarify that KRS 61.810 and 61.878 apply to the selection process for built-to-suit contracts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate Jackson Hall at Kentucky State University the Kentucky Museum of African American History; rename the Alumni House at Kentucky State University the Francis Marion Wood Welcome Center and Alumni House; repeal KRS 173.810 which creates the State Advisory Council on Libraries; provide that the terms of the Kentucky State Advisory Council membership shall expire on the effective date of the Act.

SCA1(D. Seum) - Make title amendment.

SFA1(D. Thayer) - Retain original provisions, except delete KRS 61.870 and include communications that are personal in nature and unrelated to any governmental function to the list of public records that are exempted from being subject to open records requirements.

Feb 02, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 06, 2018 - to State Government (H)

Feb 13, 2018 - posted in committee

Feb 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

Feb 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Feb 22, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2018

Feb 23, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 82-1

Feb 26, 2018 - received in Senate

Feb 27, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)

Mar 13, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

Mar 14, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 19, 2018 - taken from Rules (S); recommitted to State & Local Government (S)

Mar 21, 2018 - reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitutes (1) committee amendment (1-title) as a consent bill

Mar 22, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018; taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

Mar 27, 2018 - passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

HB303 (BR1059)/LM - M. Marzian, M. Cantrell, A. Scott

AN ACT relating to wages.

Amend KRS 337.010, relating to the definition of "employees" of retail stores and service industries, to increase the applicable threshold of business that applies to from $95,000 to $500,000; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to not less than $8.80 an hour on August 1, 2018, not less than $10.35 an hour beginning on August 1, 2019, not less than $11.90 an hour beginning on August 1, 2020, not less than $13.45 an hour beginning on August 1, 2021, and not less than $15.00 per hour beginning on August 1, 2022; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the administrative regulations be promulgated on or before July 1, 2019; provide the amendments to KRS 337.423 are EFFECTIVE July 1, 2020.

Feb 02, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 06, 2018 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

HB304 (BR1298)/LM - J. Nemes, J. Sims Jr

AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 117.035 to allow the sheriff the option of recommending a deputy sheriff as a temporary replacement, in his or her position on the county board of elections, during any year the sheriff is a candidate or otherwise unavailable; allow for incapacitation or unavailability as a means for a sheriff to excuse himself or herself from service on the county board of elections; make technical corrections; amend KRS 117.075 to increase the deadline for a qualified voter with a disability to present to the county clerk a completed application for a mail-in absentee ballot from 7 days to 14 days; allow a qualified voter with a disability the additional ability to present to the county clerk his or her completed application for a mail-in absentee ballot by electronic mail or facsimile; allow a qualified voter with a disability the additional ability to request an application for a mail-in absentee ballot by electronic mail; amend KRS 117.085 to allow the means for request of a mail-in absentee ballot to be at the option of the voter; allow the county clerk the ability to transmit an application for a mail-in absentee ballot by facsimile or electronic mail; allow a qualified voter the ability to return to the county clerk a completed mail-in absentee ballot application by mail, electronic mail, facsimile, or in person, at the option of the voter; increase the deadline for a qualified voter to present his or her completed application for a mail-in absentee ballot from 7 days to 14 days; give any qualified voter who has applied for, but not yet received, a mail-in absentee ballot the allowance and process to vote in-person absentee or to vote on election day; make technical corrections; amend KRS 117.145 to increase the days from 15 to 45 in which the county clerk shall print and ready ballot labels for each candidate in a special election; amend KRS 117.265 to increase from 28 to 49 days before an election the deadline by which a declaration of intent must be filed to be a write-in candidate for a special election.

HB304 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1/LM - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 117.035 to establish that the county board of elections is required to meet every other month during election years; authorize meetings of the county board of elections at the call of the chair or upon member agreement at other times; direct notice provisions; restore KRS 117.085 (7); amend KRS 117A.060 and 117A.070 to conform; make technical corrections.

HFA1(J. Nemes) - Restore KRS 117.035 to existing codified language to mandate that the Sheriff recommend that a deputy sheriff be a temporary replacement to the county board of elections to serve in his or her place during any year he or she is a candidate for sheriff; make technical corrections.

Feb 02, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 06, 2018 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Mar 08, 2018 - posted in committee

Mar 12, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Mar 13, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 14, 2018 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 15, 2018

Mar 19, 2018 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Mar 22, 2018 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

HB305 (BR1109) - P. Pratt

AN ACT relating to reorganization.

Amend KRS 11.200 to administratively attach the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Cabinet for Economic Development; rename various offices and departments within the Cabinet for Economic Development, and create the Office of Marketing and Public Affairs and the Office of Workforce, Community Development, and Research; make conforming changes to KRS 12.020, 154.12-223, and 154.12-224; confirm Resolution 17-04 of the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership.

HB305 - AMENDMENTS

HCS1/FN - Retain original provisions; make technical changes.

SCS1 - Retain the provisions of the original; make technical corrections.

Feb 05, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 07, 2018 - to State Government (H)

Feb 13, 2018 - posted in committee

Feb 15, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Feb 16, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Feb 22, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2018

Feb 23, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 83-0 with Committee Substitute

Feb 26, 2018 - received in Senate

Feb 27, 2018 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)

Mar 06, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

Mar 07, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 08, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

Mar 09, 2018 - received in House; to Rules (H)

Mar 13, 2018 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute

Mar 16, 2018 - House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1); passed 81-5

Mar 19, 2018 - enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor

HB306 (BR1285)/FN - B. Rowland

AN ACT relating to STABLE Kentucky accounts.

Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude earnings of a STABLE Kentucky account from adjusted gross income; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to define a STABLE Kentucky account.

HB306 - AMENDMENTS

SCS1 - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164A to define a STABLE Kentucky account.

Feb 05, 2018 - introduced in House

Feb 07, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Feb 08, 2018 - posted in committee

Mar 06, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

Mar 07, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Mar 08, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 9, 2018

Mar 09, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 84-0

Mar 12, 2018 - received in Senate

Mar 13, 2018 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Mar 27, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)